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Snow drought update: record warmth, thin snowpack
Plus, SnowSlang: O is for "orographic lift"
Jan 22
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Scientists clash over how to track the West’s vital snowpack
Supporters of airborne snow surveys dispute “hotspots” study on water forecasts
Jan 14
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Photo essay: Low tide in Colorado
Images from a thin winter
Jan 7
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15 reasons why I ski
Jan 9, 2025
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Taking stock of the spring snowpack
Apr 3, 2025
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SnowVis: 7 graphics on avalanche fatalities
Nov 8, 2024
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Instructor blues: my first (and last?) season teaching skiing
Jul 23, 2025
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SnowVis: ski resort fatalities and catastrophic injuries
Feb 6, 2025
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Why atmospheric rivers matter, plus a snowpack update
Feb 1, 2024
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10 snow stories on my radar
Forecasting, eating, making, and visualizing snow, plus a snowpack update
Dec 17, 2025
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Grim Western snowpack update
Plus, SnowSlang: N is for "nor'easter"
Dec 4, 2025
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Mitch Tobin
Snow and warfare: 1776-2026, Part 2
How the cryosphere has shaped military history—and why the specter of nuclear winter endures
Nov 25, 2025
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In burned forests, the West’s snowpack is melting earlier
As blazes expand to higher elevations, the impacts cascade downstream
Nov 19, 2025
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Early-season snowpack update
Plus, SnowSlang: M is for "Milankovitch cycles"
Nov 6, 2025
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Snow and warfare: 1776-2026, Part 1
Wintry weather has confounded warriors for ages, and the cryosphere lies at the crux of some of recent history's most consequential battles.
Oct 30, 2025
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